Messages in this thread |  | | From | Brad Hards <> | Subject | Re: kernel 2.4.19 error with usbcore.o | Date | Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:12:21 +1000 |
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On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:23, Daya Cooppan wrote: > Hi > > I think there is a bug in kernel 2.4.19 under the usb section. I > proceeded to build kernel 2.4.19 on a RH7.3, DELL SMP system. I have a > wireless usb mouse, usb SanDisk, etc. Anyway the problem showed up when > I was trying to get the usb mouse to work. This is not a new system ...I > did have all the hw and sw components working under 2.4.5. It has been reported before, but I couldn't reproduce it.
> The default for the USB section is to included USB support (y) in the > kernel. I am assuming the usbcore.o got incorporated into the kernel > build tree during [make dep; make bzImage; make modules; make > modules_install]. I continued to get mousedev errors ...verified that I > had mouse support, hid support, uhci support, all this look good. As > soon as I changed "USB Support" from (y) to (m), i.e. made usbcore.o a > loadable module WALLA! usb devices started to work. Question: Is there a > bug with (y) support for "USB Support" ? Can you provide an exact copy of the CONFIG_USB and CONFIG_INPUT lines from your kernel .config for a working case, and a broken case?
> I also noticed usbdrv.o resulted in errors when included (y) in the kernel: This is probably important :-| Looks like some include breakage. I'll take another look if you send me the two cases for the kenrel .config. <snip>
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